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both mitt romney and barack obama have suspended their schedules just days before the voters make their choice. for more on the storm's impact on this race, i'm joined by the bbc north america editor in florida where president obama was supposed to be campaigning today and bridgette in cleveland, ohio, the state where governor romney was supposed to be stomping today. let's start with you in florida. i'm incredibly jealous. pouring with rain here in washington, d.c. it must feel a world away, both weather-wise and politically. >> yes, it does. we woke up here this morning thinking the president wag going to launch his campaign. we knew this was going to be a big moment with bill clinton rolling out the big guns, if you like, and that was all canceled rather suddenly just as we woke up. so it was really strange knowing he was flying back to cope with a crisis while the rally went on and the normal things you hear at these rallies, the political campaign was going on. and the storm was mentioned by bill clinton but really not heavily. only in passing. and i think people are obviously talk
both mitt romney and barack obama have suspended their schedules just days before the voters make their choice. for more on the storm's impact on this race, i'm joined by the bbc north america editor in florida where president obama was supposed to be campaigning today and bridgette in cleveland, ohio, the state where governor romney was supposed to be stomping today. let's start with you in florida. i'm incredibly jealous. pouring with rain here in washington, d.c. it must feel a world away,...
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both campaigns cancelled two dozen events. mitt romney stumped in the mid west and thinking about making a contribution to the red cross? or another relief agency? >> the events are cancelled and with the president off the trail vice president biden did campaign today with former president bill clinton. there are eight days to go until the election. the latest tracking poll shows this race in a dead heat. >> trading on wall street is suspended at least until tomorrow. this affects all u.s. trading markets. the u.s. labor department says he will release the monthly jobs report just four days before the election. >> sandhya causing problems with the power grid. it's estimated millions of homes and businesses are with out power right now. that includes 95,000 in new jersey. washington, d.c. power company telling customers it will not respond until it's safe to do so. >> they're going to have to wait until wind stops blowing above 35 miles per hour. they've got to wait until heavy rainfall has ceased. before they can begin to asse
both campaigns cancelled two dozen events. mitt romney stumped in the mid west and thinking about making a contribution to the red cross? or another relief agency? >> the events are cancelled and with the president off the trail vice president biden did campaign today with former president bill clinton. there are eight days to go until the election. the latest tracking poll shows this race in a dead heat. >> trading on wall street is suspended at least until tomorrow. this affects...
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of course, they both rin tinsley competitive. they want to win. president obama said i'm not thinking about the election. of course, he is thinking about the election all the time, so are his people. they know that or they believe that they have an advantage in battleground states and that perhaps the freezing of attention to the campaign will benefit them with a limited time to go. on the other hand, mitt romney can point to national polls and say i've gotten the upper hand since the first debate, so we will see whether the ground games get affected by this. obama's generally considered to have the more extensive and effective ground game. that, of course, is going to be tested on election day, but if some of that is interrupted, he and his people could be affected, and we'll see whether the early vote in places like north carolina, for example, where it matters some and florida is shaken up by this. >> and some that have early voting has been cancelled, larry. who does this hurt more in, your view? which candidate stands to lose the most as a re
of course, they both rin tinsley competitive. they want to win. president obama said i'm not thinking about the election. of course, he is thinking about the election all the time, so are his people. they know that or they believe that they have an advantage in battleground states and that perhaps the freezing of attention to the campaign will benefit them with a limited time to go. on the other hand, mitt romney can point to national polls and say i've gotten the upper hand since the first...
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. >> mitt romney cancelled an event and romney is campaigning today in ohio, iowa and wisconsin. both campaigns have pointed to ohio as the state most likely to decide the election and there's growing concern that the vote count could be as complicated as the vote recount in florida in 2000. we have that story. >> reporter: good morning. well, while many pundits say ohio could be the key to this election the truth is that the results from this state may take a good long while to determine. as ohio voters line up to cast early ballots attention is focusing on election day itself and the concern that it may drag on. mike dewine is the ohio's attorney general. >> there were 200,000 provisional ballots cast and these ballots cannot be counted until ten days after the election is over with. if it's a close election we're waiting for a while. >> reporter: people get to vote provisionally here. they originally requested absentee ballots but never filled them out and chose instead to vote on election day itself. they'll be checked and double checked until november 17th. as a safeguard ag
. >> mitt romney cancelled an event and romney is campaigning today in ohio, iowa and wisconsin. both campaigns have pointed to ohio as the state most likely to decide the election and there's growing concern that the vote count could be as complicated as the vote recount in florida in 2000. we have that story. >> reporter: good morning. well, while many pundits say ohio could be the key to this election the truth is that the results from this state may take a good long while to...
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it was based on republican governor mitt romney's plan in massachusetts: romneycare. they even brought in romney's expert. >> obama gets elected, and on his health advising team is a number of my friends who were now onhe obama team saying, "look, we have an opportunity to do what we were unable to do under clinton and get this done." >> narrator: there was onew problem: obama had campaigned against the heritage foundation's mandate. >> to his credit, heets a lot of people, including myself, telling him, "look, you cannot make this work without the mandate." and he says, "okay, let's do the mandate." and his advisors say, "this might not be the right thing to do." and he says, "you know, this is what the experts are telling me needs to be done. let's make this happen." >> narrator: but he chose to let congress take the lead. soon the republicans and democrats began to squabble. >> he didn't cry a big stick. he wasn't like, lbj, of course, because he hadn't sort of come ig through the ranks of the senate. but it didn't seem like he had any leverage or any ability to br
it was based on republican governor mitt romney's plan in massachusetts: romneycare. they even brought in romney's expert. >> obama gets elected, and on his health advising team is a number of my friends who were now onhe obama team saying, "look, we have an opportunity to do what we were unable to do under clinton and get this done." >> narrator: there was onew problem: obama had campaigned against the heritage foundation's mandate. >> to his credit, heets a lot of...
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i mean, he goes after both of them. but he does specifically -- he says obama's great accomplishment was really getting elected. harold said a minute ago that's also an important part of his legacy, obviously, what he represents. but that he has failed, and his central obligation as an executive which is to pull both sides together. he says nobody else would have been able to do that either, but it really was the president's obligation. >> mike barnicle. >> yeah, mike. >> you know, jim, the other great thinkers that you've got in here, one of them jumps right out at me, the president of georgetown university. talk about him a bit. just his assumption to the presidency changed, the school changed, the tenor of the school. >> yeah, this is a really interesting guy who's taken a strong stand in favor of -- meaningfully in favor of academic freedom. he rallied behind sandra fluke, the georgetown student, who was being criticized, who stood up to argue in favor of publicly -- support for contraception. subsequently there was
i mean, he goes after both of them. but he does specifically -- he says obama's great accomplishment was really getting elected. harold said a minute ago that's also an important part of his legacy, obviously, what he represents. but that he has failed, and his central obligation as an executive which is to pull both sides together. he says nobody else would have been able to do that either, but it really was the president's obligation. >> mike barnicle. >> yeah, mike. >> you...